Wolfram Alpha

20 years in the making, the highly anticipated computational application has arrived. Alpha Wolfram makes systematic knowledge immediately computable and accessible to everyone. Using complex mathematical and computational coding, Wolfram Alpha brings complex thinking to the human level, expressed using plain English.

Wolfram|Alpha currently contains 10 trillion pieces of data with 50,000 types of models and algorithms used in combination with linguistic capabilities. The model of Wolfram is built around Mathematica which was 20 years in the making at Wolfram Research. The Wolfram system runs on supercomputer class compute clusters running at an amazing speed and capable of analysing a request in micro seconds. With the amount of data and processing power at your finger tips, Wolfram has made a legendary piece of software.

Whether you want to compute the average rainfall in China or the average rate of economic decline, Wolfram Alpha has all the answers.

Using simple English requests, you can calculate complex mathematical solutions. For example, a simple request such as:

London weather 2005

Is interpreted and calculated from the billions of data archives in a matter of seconds:

Results:

Average temperature 29 degrees
Average Wind Speed 9 mph

Graphs also show the change in temperature, wind speed and rainfall for 2005.

The search engine (whoops, computational knowledge engine) also goes one step further by showing relational results and similar calculations.

Wolfram Alpha is capable of calculating results and analysis in any of the following categories:

Physics
A natural science, the study of matter and its motion through space-time and all that derives from these, such as energy and force.

Examples:
Mechanics, Electricity & Magnetism, Optics, Relativity, Nuclear Physics, Quantum Physics, Particle Physics, Statistical Physics, Astrophysics, Physical Constants..

Example Question:
What is the speed of light?

Chemistry
The science concerned with the composition, structure, and properties of matter, as well as the changes it undergoes during chemical reactions

Examples:
Elements, Compounds, Ions, Quantities, Solutions, Chemical Thermodynamics..

Example Question:
What is the heaviest chemical element?

Materials
Materials are substances or components with certain physical properties which are used as inputs to production or manufacturing

Examples:
Alloys, Minerals, Plastics, Woods, Bulk Materials..

Engineering
The discipline and profession of applying technical, scientific and mathematical knowledge in order to use natural laws and physical resources to help design and implement materials, structures, machines, devices, systems, and processes that safely realize a desired objective

Examples:
Acoustics, Aeronautics, Electric Circuits, Fluid Mechanics, Steam Tables, Structures..

Astronomy
The scientific study of celestial objects (such as stars, planets, comets, and galaxies) and phenomena that originate outside the Earths atmosphere (such as the cosmic background radiation).

Example Question:
What is the closest planet to the sun?

Example:
Star Charts, Planets, Moons, Minor Planets, Comets, Eclipses, Stars, Galaxies, Astrophysics..

Earth Sciences
An all-embracing term for the sciences related to the planet Earth. It is arguably a special case in planetary science, the Earth being the only known life-bearing planet. There are both reductionist and holistic approaches to Earth science

Examples:
Geology, Geodesy, Earthquakes, Tide Data, Standard Atmosphere..

Example Question:
What is that highest mountain the world?

Life Sciences
The science that studies living organisms. Prior to the nineteenth century biology came under the general study of all natural objects called natural history. The term biology was first coined by Gottfried Reinhold Treviranus

Examples:
Animals & Plants, Dinosaurs, DNA Sequence Lookup, Genes, SNPs, Proteins..

Example Questions:
When were the dinosaurs extinct?

Technological World
Communications, Satellites, Space Probes..

Example Question:
What is the communication method for mobile phones?

Transportation
Aircraft, Airports, Bridges, Tunnels..

Example Question:
What was first aircraft called?

Computational Sciences
Cellular Automata, Fractals, Functional Programming..

Web & Computer Systems
Website Data, IP Lookup, Data Transfer, Port Numbering, String Processing, Hashing, Unicode Lookup..

Example Question:
How many websites exist today?

Units & Measures
Conversions, Calculations, Comparisons, Dimensional Analysis, Industrial Measures, Batteries, Bulk Materials, Paint..

Example Question:
How many miles are there in a kilometre?

Money & Finance
Stock Data, Indices, Mutual Funds, Mortgages, Present Value, Currency Conversion, Bonds, Derivatives Valuation, Wages, Sales Tax..

Example Question:
What is the current value of the dollar?


Wolfram Alpha is a free online service for personal and non-commercial use. Larger scale commercial use will be available in the future under a subscriptions system. Wolfram Alpha runs on all standard we browser with JavaScript capabilities switched on. You can also use Wolfram Alpha on your iPhone.

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